http://www.edtags.org/ http://www.edtags.org/css/EdTags.jpghttp://www.edtags.org/bookmarks.php/all/june07 Recent bookmarks posted to Edtags.org 60 http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/06/30/presidential_scholar_confronts_the_president/ "I really felt l could not just go down and smile for the camera and not say anything," Mari Oye said in an interview yesterday at her home. "There are some things that are more important than the decorum of protocol." katiebda Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:57:23 +0000 june07 respect ethics five minds http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2181 Scholars of fantasy worlds and game-industry professionals hammered out a 10-point policy platform for virtual worlds at a conference last weekend at Indiana University at Bloomington. katiebda Mon, 09 Jul 2007 06:23:25 +0000 participation june07 http://many.corante.com/archives/2007/06/27/knowledge_access_as_a_public_good.php The Internet - and Wikipedia - change the rules for distribution and production. It means that those with knowledge do not have to retreat to the ivory towers to share what they know. It means that individuals who know something can easily share it, even when they are not formally declared as experts. It means that those with editing skills can help the information become accessible, even if they only edit occasionally. katiebda Fri, 06 Jul 2007 23:00:15 +0000 june07 empowerment wikipedia authorship participation credibility http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/cnet/2007-06-28-cyberbullying-teens_N.htm?csp=34 Amanda Lenhart, senior research specialist at Pew and author of the report, wrote that she found through teen focus groups that online bullying has become prevalent for several reasons. One is that it's easy for teens to forward messages, post embarrassing photos or spread rumors online. Kids also feel emboldened with the notion that they can bully without consequences, hiding behind their computer. katiebda Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:45:21 +0000 june07 participation research http://www.globalethics.org/ Founded in 1990, the Institute for Global Ethics (IGE) is an independent, nonsectarian, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting ethical action in a global context. Our challenge is to explore the global common ground of values, elevate awareness of ethics, and provide practical tools for making ethical decisions. katiebda Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:39:06 +0000 ethics good work june07 dilemmas intervention http://www.usesofblogs.com/ As the first edited collection of scholarly articles on blogging by experts and practitioners in a wide range of fields, Uses of Blogs offers a broad spectrum of perspectives on current and emerging uses of blogs. While blogging is rapidly developing into a mainstream activity for Internet users, the actual application of blogs in specific contexts has so far been under-explored. katiebda Thu, 28 Jun 2007 01:17:35 +0000 june07 research blogs kdqpp http://select.nytimes.com/2007/06/27/opinion/27friedman.html? Seidman’s simple thesis is that in this transparent world “how” you live your life and “how” you conduct your business matters more than ever. “The persistence of memory in electronic form makes 2nd chances harder to come by,” writes Seidman. “In the information age, life has no chapters or closets; you can leave nothing behind & you have nowhere to hide your skeletons. Your past is your present. katiebda Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:52:33 +0000 june07 commentary transparency privacy authorship participation http://www.wired.com/politics/onlinerights/news/2007/06/ron_paul Many bloggers have expressed concern that Paul's massive online vote totals could only be accomplished through the use of bots that automatically send hundreds of votes. Paul supporters say his success is just the results of the wild, wild web operating at its finest, giving voice to a movement that would otherwise find no traction in traditional media. katiebda Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:43:03 +0000 june07 participation story http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2155 AutoAdmit, a law-students' chat site that sparked a maelstrom because of its degrading comments about students, is now at the center of a legal battle. Two women at Yale Law School have sued Anthony Ciolli, the Web site's former chief educational director -- who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School this year -- and several others who posted messages to the site under pseudonyms. katiebda Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:56:04 +0000 june07 participation story http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2156 In two posts on Britannica Blog, Mr. Gorman, fmr pred of American Library Association, has launched a broadside against all of “Web 2.0,” a term applied to a range of Web sites that encourage interaction and collaborative work. “The life of the mind in the age of Web 2.0 suffers,” he writes, “from an increase in credulity and an associated flight from expertise.” katiebda Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:54:16 +0000 june07 commentary authorship http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2007/06/24/viewing_america.html What I lay out in this essay is rather disconcerting. Hegemonic American teens (i.e. middle/upper class, college bound teens from upwards mobile or well off families) are all on or switching to Facebook. Marginalized teens, teens from poorer or less educated backgrounds, subculturally-identified teens, and other non-hegemonic teens continue to be drawn to MySpace. katiebda Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:01:19 +0000 june07 commentary http://blog.wired.com/business/podcast/index.html A series of interviews with very smart people on topics in David Weinberger's book, Everything is Miscellaneous. Interviews with: Cory Doctorow, Markos "DailyKos" Zuniga, Arianna Huffington, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Jimmy Wales, Craig "sList" Newmark, Paul "Kayak" English, Richard Sambrook katiebda Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:31:59 +0000 june07 commentary http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/news/2007/06/youtubefest Indie filmmakers seeking success on YouTube are no longer content to bask in the validation of a few thousand viewers. Instead, these auteur-entrepreneurs are using software, crowd sourcing and "virtual studio" sites to broaden exposure for their work and make a few bucks while they're at it. katiebda Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:21:00 +0000 june07 authorship story http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11131872 A 5-minute interview with Andrew Keen, the author of The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet is Killing Our Culture. Keen provides an interesting counter-argument to Jenkins' and others' optimism about the wisdom of the collective, saying that he prefers instead the "wisdom of the professional." He says "Once we undermine the authority and expertise and professional katiebda Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:43:50 +0000 june07 commentary http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2007/06/21/were_all_celebrities_in_post_privacy_age/?rss_id=Boston.com / News / Education The latest generation of Web sites make a virtue of openness at the expense of traditional notions of privacy.Mena Trott, who developed Movable Type, a software system for publishing blogs, says "control" is a better word than "privacy" for defining oneself in different situations on the Web. katiebda Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:54:46 +0000 june07 identity privacy commentary kdqpp